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One of the best comedy series ever, and unexpectedly poignant...
I never saw the 4th series until I bought the boxed set (my local PBS station only showed the first 3 series). I love the 2nd series the most, but the 4th is my next favorite. It really captures the boredom and stupidity of the WWI, which really was a complete waste of time, or as Blackadder put it, "it's so our General can move his drinks cabinet a few miles closer to Berlin". All of the performances here are up to their usual high standard, but I must make mention of the final episode of this series, which has to be one of the most poetic, moving, and sad endings to a comedy that I've ever seen. I didn't expect it at all, and it ended up working so brilliantly. And, yes, that's Hugh Laurie from House in this series (and in the 3rd one). He was a very well known comic actor in the U.K. before he played House. A great series, with an incredibly moving ending.

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Great show, bad CD
"Goes Forth" is great, and all the best things said in the other reviews apply. However, on DVD the laugh track is too loud, especially in episode one, where it really interferes. There are two areas in the extra features section which are "buggy": the narration in the Historical References as well as Cast Information cuts off halfway through the narration in each and every item or cast member except the 2 or 3 that are under 10 seconds long. $&@# annoying!

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Black Adder scores well
There is an underlying threat through this series, fully realised in the final episode, giving a tension that the great comedy over-rides successfully most of the time. The supporting characters have more scope here than in previous series and all come through very well. The three main characters, of course, are great.